Michael Axelsson

Gutenbergstr. 7 +49 (0)176- 3922 7067

01445 Radebeul +46 (0)70- 742 63 87 www.michaelaxelsson.se

Michael Axelsson

Lyric Tenor

Gutenbergstrasse 7

01445 Radebeul

+49- (0)176- 3922 7067
+46- (0)70- 742 63 87

www.michaelaxelsson.se

Vita

Born the 26th of November 1978 in Stockholm

1988 - 1994 Adolf Fredrik Music School, Stockholm

1989 - 1994 Boys choir at the Stockholm Opera (Soloist in Lohengrin, Zauberflöte, Turn of the Screw)

1994 - 1997 Stockholm Musikgymnasium

Music Education

1999 - 2002 Voice lessons with Professor Erik Saedén

2002 - 2005 Royal College of Music, Stockholm

2005 - 2008 University College of Opera, Stockholm

Engagements

2010 - Festengagement at Landesbühnen Sachsen, Dresden

Guest performances at Norrlandsoperan, Drottningholms Slottsteater, Dalhalla Opera

Competitions

2005 Finalist at Gösta Winbergh Award

2007 Prize winner at Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, Germany (Dr. Cajus in Falstaff)

Master Classes

Peter Berne, Dan Marek, Olle Persson, Dorothy Irving, Oren Brown

Other Qualifications

1985 - 1993 Violin lessons

1995 - 2001 Viola lessons

1997 - 2001 Conducting lessons

Languages

Swedish (fluent)

English (fluent)

German (fluent)

Italian (sings and understands well)

French (basic knowledge)

Repertoire

Roles performed on stage

Tamino Die Zauberflöte Landesbühnen Sachsen

Fenton Die lustigen Weiber von Weiber Landesbühnen Sachsen

Ecclitico Il Mondo della Luna /Haydn Drottningholms Slottsteater

Erich Collin Die Comedian Harmonists Landesbühnen Sachsen

Armand Brissard Der Graf von Luxemburg Landesbühnen Sachsen

Kolomán Zsupán Gräfin Mariza Landesbühnen Sachsen

Don Curzio Le nozze di Figaro Drottningholms Slottsteater

Priester/Geharnischter Die Zauberflöte (Sw.) Dalhalla Opera

Dr. Cajus Falstaff (Ge.) Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg

Kilian Der Freischütz Landesbühnen Sachsen

Caruso Petterson und Findus /Ramdohr Landesbühnen Sachsen

Franz Faust /Spohr Landesbühnen Sachsen

Dr. Jack Seward Dracula /Wildhorn (Ge.) Landesbühnen Sachsen

Studied roles

Bizet Remendado Carmen

Donizetti Nemorino L’elisir d’amore

Mozart Ferrando Così fan tutte

Don Ottavio Don Giovanni

Stravinskij Le Pêcheur Le Rossignol

Concert repertoire (Excerpt)

Bach Christmas Oratorio

St. John passion

St. Matthew passion

Magnificat

Mass in B minor

Cantatas: 4, 22, 61, 66, 106, 161, 172, 182, 190,198, 214

Britten Saint Nicolas

Serenade, Canticle II

Haydn Die Jahreszeiten

Missa in Tempore Belli, Große Orgelsolomesse, Theresienmesse

Händel Messiah

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

Mendelssohn Sinfonie Nr. 2: Lobgesang

Mozart Requiem

Große Messe in C minor, Coronation Mass in C

Missa Brevis (K65, K192, K194, K220, K275)

Pärt Passio

Saint-Saëns Oratorio de Noël

Schnittke Bußpsalmen

Schubert Messe in G

Die Schöne Müllerin

Tavener, John Lamentations and Praises (Canonark)